Friday, September 03, 2021
Well recovered from the Tokyo suffering
In the end, Klosterhalfen lacked the strength
In the end, Konstanze Klosterhalfen lacks the tempo to intervene in the battle for victory at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels. But both the result and the time make them happy. It shows that it has recovered well from the weakness in Tokyo.
The German record holder Konstanze Klosterhalfen took eighth place over 5000 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels after a courageous performance. In a strong field, the 24-year-old World Cup third-place ran at the top for a long time and only had to drop two laps before the end. With 14: 35.88 minutes she still achieved a season best. “I actually felt pretty good, but at the back I still lack the tempo hardness,” said Klosterhalfen, whose national record since 2019 is 14: 26.76.
In the absence of Olympic champion Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands, who missed her world record in miles in 4: 14.74 minutes by a good two seconds, and world record holder Gudaf Tsegay from Ethiopia, Francine Niyonsaba from Burundi now won in 14: 25.34 minutes ahead of the Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye (14: 25.63) and Kenya’s World Champion Hellen Obiri (14: 26.23).
Last Saturday, Klosterhalfen, who lives and trains in the USA, finished eighth over 3000 meters in her first race in Europe since September 2019 in Paris. At the Olympics in Tokyo, she finished eighth in the 10,000 meters after a tough race after having previously struggled with protracted injury problems. After the race, she had circulatory problems. Completely exhausted and shivering from the cold despite the scorching heat, she had crouched in the mixed zone.
On September 12th she will run at the ISTAF in Berlin over 1500 meters in Germany for the first time in 771 days. Long jump Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo, discus Olympic runner-up Kristin Pudenz, obstacle runner Gesa Krause and javelin thrower Johannes Vetter had already given their approval before Klosterhalfen.
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